Alyssa Vida , LMFT

Alyssa Vida is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT - California license 96704) who brings seven years of clinical experience to her work with individuals, couples, families, and children. She approaches therapy as a collaborative process, believing that each person is the expert on their own life and that small shifts in perspective can open the door to meaningful change. Alyssa combines a client-centered stance with practical, evidence-informed techniques drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused methods, and Family Systems thinking to tailor interventions to each person's needs.

Alyssa helps clients set realistic goals, identify unhelpful thoughts and behavioral patterns, and build skills for coping with stressors as they arise. She emphasizes strengths, resilience, and self-advocacy while teaching concrete tools to increase confidence and capacity for change. Her training includes a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Azusa Pacific University and a specialized certification in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), which informs her trauma work and support for those recovering from abuse and other traumatic events.

Her background spans community mental health, private practice, school-based settings, and work with the military, giving her experience with a wide range of life challenges including anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, parenting, grief, trauma, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Alyssa aims to help clients leave each session feeling more capable, empowered, and ready to move toward their goals.

Approaches That Guide Online Therapy Sessions

Alyssa Vida uses a mix of client-centered, cognitive behavioral, and solution-focused approaches to guide online work. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy and collaboration - the therapist follows the client's lead, supports personal insight, and helps clients explore values and goals. This approach is useful for people seeking a respectful, individualized environment to make changes.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It offers practical tools for managing anxiety, depression, stress, and mood-related concerns by teaching skills for coping, problem solving, and restructuring thinking patterns.

Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on strengths and achievable steps toward specific goals. It helps clients develop short-term strategies to move past obstacles and build momentum through incremental progress.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Alyssa will work with each person to assess needs, preferences, and goals, and then tailor methods from these approaches to fit the client. Online therapy with Alyssa is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and communication styles and making consistent care more accessible for people balancing work, family, or other commitments.